Fantasy New Lord of the Rings movies in the works

[Drizzle]

If they really want to surprise me, they would have to set the new trilogy AFTER the events of LOTR.

Get ready for the Legolas and Gimli: BFFs Trilogy

 

[emc5466]

If they really want to surprise me, they would have to set the new trilogy AFTER the events of LOTR.

That’s what they’ll do since that’s where the money is.

 

[samsnee]

That’s what they’ll do since that’s where the money is.

Somehow…. Sauron has returned

 

[Kane52630]

"Somehow…. Sauron has returned" technically happened like three times in the books, sooo.

 

[Iceman]

****.

The Angmar War is an interesting prospect because of its devastating impact on Eriador leading right up to the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. It basically reshapes that entire region politically and geographically. Remember Weathertop? The watchtower of Amon Sul where Frodo got stabbed by with Witch-king in Fellowship? You'd see that in its prime during this period. You'd also get to see the wights of the Barrow-downs, which were featured in the Lord of the Rings books but not the movies. The war also shows how the Line of Kings for Gondor and Arnor were broken - thus necessitating the creation of the Dunedain. And hobbits factor into the Angmar War as well, so the filmmakers could include them without them feeling shoehorned (looking at you, Amazon!).

People often poke fun at how Sauron didn't really do much himself in the trilogy and how he was just a useless floating eye. You wouldn't get that complaint with the Witch-king here. Dude straight ****s Eriador up, down and sideways.

Armies, sorcery, monsters and ghosts, plagues and famine. It's the Middle-earth equivalent to the Dark Ages.

This is probably my no.1 scenario here.

 

[Boom]

I've already talked myself into "Angmar War or Bust." Not much else interests me, unless WBD stuns the world and convinces the Estate to cough up the Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales rights. I'd also be down for an HBO television adaptation of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings proper, but it doesn't sound like they're keen on retelling those stories (yet).

A sequel to The Lord of the Rings would see a world with little magic in it. It's effectively the Age of Men in full swing. Sauron has a cult of followers but that's basically it. It's like Tolkien said. Just not worth pursuing.

 

[Drizzle]

"Somehow…. Sauron has returned" technically happened like three times in the books, sooo.

Oh yeah? Well this time Sauron will announce his return on Fortnite just like what they did with Palpatine for The Rise of Skywalker. It's what Professor Tolkien would have wanted.

 

[Silvermoth]

I’m keen for more especially the silmarillion stuff. It’s like with anything. If it’s good it’s good and if it’s bad you just ignore it

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

An entire film dedicated to what Grishnakh was up to before getting stepped on by a living tree.

A Gollum and Shelob rom-com.

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

A film done in the vein of Taxi Driver that follows Sméagol’s descent into madness called Gollum.

“So you killed Deagol for the ring and you’re trying to say it’s your birthday present?”
“It is, and I’m tired of pretending it isn’t.”

 

[BlackFox]

 

[henzINNIT]

Won't happen but I'd be down if GDT took another stab at the Hobbit. Maybe he could do it in stop motion to differentiate it.

 

[Boom]

Won't happen but I'd be down if GDT took another stab at the Hobbit. Maybe he could do it in stop motion to differentiate it.

Would be dope.

 

[Boom]

Another benefit to doing the Angmar War is that they could sneak Gandalf in there if they wanted to, and they could successfully argue the merits of it. Tolkien never addressed what Gandalf was doing during the Angmar War, but he was in Middle-earth by that time and I doubt he sat by idly while the Witch-king curb-stomped Arnor and Gondor into oblivion. You could position Gandalf as a counselor of sorts, trying to guide the kings of Arnor and Gondor in their war against the Witch-king, but his advice falls on the deaf ears of proud and vengeful men. So Arnor falls into ruin and Gondor into decay. There's an opportunity to develop Gandalf in a way that we actually don't quite get to see in the books. His purpose in Middle-earth was to guide the people in their efforts against Sauron. What if he "failed" to guide Arnor in its efforts against Sauron's most powerful servant? How would that ultimately shape him into the person he is by the time of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings? Secondly, his "failure" to help Arnor could explain his vested interest in the Dúnedain, and one ranger in particular. A way of making things right.

 

[:eek:]

A four hour movie about the Entmoot. Most action-packed movie ever.

 

[DarkKnight88]

A four hour movie about the Entmoot. Most action-packed movie ever.

No, that’s too much crammed into one movie. It needs at least 4 seasons to fully be accurate to the books.

 

[Iceman]

An entire film dedicated to what Grishnakh was up to before getting stepped on by a living tree.

A Gollum and Shelob rom-com.

A film done in the vein of Taxi Driver that follows Sméagol’s descent into madness called Gollum.

“So you killed Deagol for the ring and you’re trying to say it’s your birthday present?”
“It is, and I’m tired of pretending it isn’t.”

I hope you’re getting paid for these.

 

[Drizzle]

A four hour movie about the Entmoot. Most action-packed movie ever.

As long as that one Ent on fire who hauled ass into the water to put himself out is the lead.

 

[GothamCity]

Not suprised they want more. Really wish they just grown up and say "why would we do this we cant match the success of the previous films"

 

[Arachnerd]

You're asking too much of Hollywood executives and producers.

 

[Lily Adler]

If their goal is to develop another saga, the Angmar War is the only thing I can think of that might give them enough material to do so. Outside of that, you're looking at one-off stories (Aragorn's origins, the Hunt for Gollum, Balin's reclamation of Moria, etc).

I'll give anything Middle-earth a fair shot, but I'd be lying if I said my reaction to this wasn't trepidation. This can turn into milking the cow real quick if they're not careful.

Boom, are you proposing a Middle Earth Cinematic Universe?

 

[Broseph44]

I still personally really enjoy The Hobbit trilogy, is it the LOTR trilogy? Of course not. But I still enjoyed it a great deal. I don’t get all the hate. Maybe because I am not a reader of the books?

Either way, this news has me half and half. If it goes the route of LOTR and Hobbit, I’m down. But if it starts to become just a lot of obvious milking and pulling stories here and there without a clear cut vision, I won’t be very into it.

 

[emc5466]

"Somehow…. Sauron has returned" technically happened like three times in the books, sooo.

Now they’ll move to Morgoth.

 

[InCali]

I still personally really enjoy The Hobbit trilogy, is it the LOTR trilogy? Of course not. But I still enjoyed it a great deal. I don’t get all the hate. Maybe because I am not a reader of the books?

Either way, this news has me half and half. If it goes the route of LOTR and Hobbit, I’m down. But if it starts to become just a lot of obvious milking and pulling stories here and there without a clear cut vision, I won’t be very into it.

I believe this to be the case. PJ completely and utterly stunk up the book and stretched it out into 3 movies in order to.....well......who knows what he was trying (and failing miserably) to do.....money? Making it "cinematic"? Whatever.....he stunk it up.

 

[emc5466]

PJ originally wanted to do two movies. Movie 1 would’ve been an adaptation of The Hobbit and movie two would’ve been a prequel to Fellowship that would’ve followed Gandalf, Legolas and Aragorn hunting Gollum and Sauron returning to Mordor. WB demanded that The Hobbit be a trilogy and the rest is history.

PJ didn’t want to direct The Hobbit. He only agreed to do it so that the New Zealand crew could keep their jobs.